Valve dilation uses heart catheterization to open a narrowed valve in the heart. Read about valve dilation, possible complications and recovery.
Learn about aortic stenosis in childhood. With this illness, the aortic valve is unable to open completely, which constricts or squeezes blood flow.
Heart catheterization may be used to correct various kinds of heart defects. Learn how to prepare for heart catheterization and how to care for your child at home.
Learn about pulmonary stenosis. This condition involves the pulmonary valve being unable to open completely. This results in constricted blood flow.
A heart stent is a small metal tube that is placed inside a narrowed blood vessel or conduit to keep it open. Read about heart stent surgery and recovery.
Read about fenestration closure after a Fontan operation, a surgery to close the hole between your child's heart and the tunnel that moves blood to the lungs.
Balloon angioplasty is used to reopen an area of the aorta that has become constricted due to coarctation or recoarctation. Read more about angioplasty.
Learn about bicuspid aortic valve; a defect of the valve between the left pumping chamber of the heart and the main artery that delivers blood to the body.
A ventricular septal defect is a hole in the membrane that separates the two ventricles of the heart. Read how heart catheterization fixes this defect.
An atrial septal defect is an opening in the membrane between two chambers of the heart. Learn about heart catheterization to fix atrial septal defects.
Balloon angioplasty, also known as balloon dilation, is used to expand narrowed blood vessels. Read more about angioplasty.
Balloon angioplasty is a surgery that is used to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Learn about balloon angioplasty for pulmonary artery stenosis.
Heart catheterization is a test that is done to see how well blood is moving through the heart. Read how to prepare your child for heart catheterization.
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a condition where the arteries connected to the heart are in the wrong spot. Learn about the diagnosis, treatment and what you can expect in the future.
In the Ross procedure, the child's abnormal aortic valve is replaced with the child's own healthy pulmonary valve.
Learn about mitral valve prolapses in children, which is a very benign condition and as such is often considered by cardiologists to be a "non-condition."
Catheter ablation is a treatment for children with certain types of tachycardia (fast heart rate). Treatment involves destroying an abnormal circuit.
Read about pulmonary atresia; a condition involving the pulmonary valve, between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery, not forming completely.
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a condition where the arteries connected to the heart are improperly positioned. Learn about the diagnosis, treatment and what children with a repaired TGA can expect in the future.
Noonan syndrome is a genetic condition. Learn about the symptoms and diagnosis of Noonan syndrome and the heart conditions associated with the condition.
Read about Tetralogy of Fallot, a condition involving four congenital defects that occur when the heart does not develop normally.
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is when the ductus arteriosus does not close properly after birth. Learn about the operation to correct PDA and recovery.
Learn about heart catheterization tests and electrophysiology studies, which give information about the structure of a child's heart and how well it is working.
Surgical valvotomy is a procedure to enlarge narrowed heart valves.
